Inmate
Sobalvarro, 22, had walked away from a California State Prison-Corcoran minimum
facility on Tuesday night, May 1. On May 2, he was seen by transportation
correctional officers a few miles from the prison. The officers took him into
custody without incident and transported him to California State Prison-Corcoran.

Inmate
Sobalvarro was assigned to work in the prison’s dairy located outside the
lethal electrified fence. He was found missing the night before shortly after
10 p.m. Institutional staff immediately notified local law enforcement and
CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety. A search was initiated, and continued
until his capture on Wednesday.

Of
all offenders who have escaped from an adult institution, camp or
community-based program since 1977, 98.7 percent have been apprehended.